Wenatchee2

Monday, July 21, 2008

Photos from left to right:

Railfan Tour Down the Columbia River and Trinidad

Near the ex-GN Rock Island bridge-within-a-bridge

Columbia River Siding

Above Trinidad siding at overhead bridge

Whaddiya know.  A train!

Monday Afternoon Round Robin Presentations:

Dave Sprau - Depot Operations and Dispatching

Dave Burns - GN Officer Training Program

Earl Currie - Contemporary Operations across the Cascades

John Langlot - History of Railroading in Wenatchee, 40's to 70's.

Bob Downing - The Ellensburg Plan

Pizza Dinner at Wenatchee Museum

Upstairs in the museum

#1 - Hotel Baillets, Wellington; #2 - Members check out the layout; #3 - old meets new;

#4 - Stained glass GN logo; #5 - old GN train board from Wenatchee depot; #6 - trestle

Gary Krist talks about his book, The White Cascade

Phil Gjevre introduces Greer Nielsen who will show slides about his trips as a GN Traveling Passenger Representative.

Phil Gjevre and Chris Blankenship

Staffan Ehnbom talks about GN freight cars